A gangster film like no other. Bizarre blend of tones. Filled with bitter ironies and great acting. Also a seminal moment in cinema history.
Category: Legacy
Cheapo animation, bad musical numbers, some charming voice work, weak, noisy script, somehow stars Iago…? At least it’s mercifully short.
The alternate ending really elevates the material into a story about alienation and belief in God and facing a point of no return. The CGI monsters are ugly AF. Why is there a weird Shrek scene?
A delightful one-hit-wonder pseudo-biopic filled with an amazing false pop universe and uncountable period touches. A true passion project for Tom Hanks, and a true favorite of mine. I promise I will write a full review of this someday.
The animal character designs are good, as is the villain. The forced-breeding premise is pleasingly bizarre. But the story is the epitome of bland, the humor terrible, and the music quite bad. So forgettable.
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A Night to Remember (1958)
The super British, non-melodramatic take on the Titanic story.
Reviewed on The Goods here
It hurts to see our romantic idols in the throes of marital resentment. But the acting and arguing are so. Damn. Good. Greece is lovely. And few films grapples so deeply with perceptions of time.
Rarely do sequels do so much to deepen the original and the characters. A mesmerizing, almost real-time depiction of a lovely Parisian cityscape with electric romantic and philosophical energy.
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Godzilla (1954)
Trashy, gratuitous, overstuffed with gore and nudity and crappy one-liners. But an overflowing sense of fun amidst the filth (though the blood was a bit much for me).